clip
🇺🇸
/klɪp/
🇬🇧
/klɪp/
noun
B2
a short video from a movie or show
Watch this clip from the new film.
C1
a small tool for holding things together
Use a clip to keep the papers together.
R
a piece of jewelry that attaches to clothes
She wore a beautiful clip on her dress.
R
the act of cutting to make shorter
He gave the bushes a quick clip.
R
a quick hit with the hand
She gave him a clip on the shoulder.
R
a container of bullets for a gun
He loaded a clip into the gun.
verb
R
to attach with a clip
Can you clip this paper to the board?
R
to cut to make shorter
He will clip the hedge tomorrow.
R
to hit the edge of something
The car clipped the curb.
R
to cut out with scissors
She will clip the coupon from the paper.
translation
a short video from a movie or show; a small tool for holding things together; a piece of jewelry that attaches to clothes; the act of cutting to make shorter; a quick hit with the hand; a container of bullets for a gun
to attach with a clip; to cut to make shorter; to hit the edge of something; to cut out with scissors
Word Forms
3rd Present
clips
Past
clipped
Perfect
clipped
Progressive
clipping
Plural
clips